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Submitted: 11/2/13 • Approved: 1/26/20 • Last Updated: 1/29/20 • R940664-G940130-S3
Bertha
February 2, 1884 - September 18, 1954
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Bertha Ann Wiseman was the daughter of John William Wiseman and Malinda Florence "Soppie" Hailey. She was born at Wiseman, Izard County on February 2, 1884. Bertha married William Moses Cooper, a prominent Baptist minister of this section, on November 6, 1902 in Izard County, Arkansas. The greater part of her life was spent in this county. She lived at Mountain Home for several years before moving to Conway. She was a member of the First Baptist Church at Conway.
Mrs. Cooper, 70, died September 18, 1954 at the home of a daughter, Lorine Turner, in Conway. She was preceded in death by her husband in 1934. Survivors include two daughters, Mildred Lorine Cooper Turner, and Thelma Cooper Morgan of Mountain Home; two sisters, Fannie Irons Wiseman Harber of Oxford, and Alice Della Wiseman Kersey of Thayer, MO; a brother, John Tipton Wiseman of Stockton, CA; seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held Sunday at Conway with Rev. J. H. Street, Rev. Stanley Cooper and Rev. Hugh Cooper officiating. Burial was at Melbourne Cemetery.
(Married W.M. Cooper November 6, 1902 in Izard County, Arkansas)
Rev. William
1882 - 1934
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William Moses Cooper was the son of Benjamin Franklin Cooper and Martha Zipporah "Zip" Smith. He was a widely known Baptist minister. Rev. Cooper was born and reared at Melbourne. He was in ministerial work for 27 years. He was pastor of the Baptist Church at Melbourne, and pastor of the Gassville, Sage, Union, Salem, and Mountain Home Churches. He also spent a year as a pastor at Marionville, MO. Rev. Cooper died from pneumonia. He was 52 years of age. He was survived by his wife, Bertha Ann Wiseman Cooper, three daughters, Thelma Cooper Morgan, Mary Francis Cooper Meers, both of Mountain Home and Lorine Cooper of Melbourne; and a son, Jewell Cooper, of Melbourne. He is also survived by four brothers, Perry Stanford Cooper, Lindsey "Lynn" Jefferson Cooper, Andrew Jackson "Jack" Cooper, Noah Eldon Cooper and a sister, Frances Cooper Smith. Funeral services were held at the Baptist church at Melbourne with Revs. J. E. Kirkbride and T. J. D. King of Batesville conducting the service.
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